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Cake day: June 28th, 2023

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  • I agree mostly. I guess what I’m trying to say is that bluesky comment seems to believe this bill is entirely propped by conservative talk radio, as if conservative talk radio is not part of a much broader reactionary web of special interests. That notion skirts how disproportionately small the impact of AM radio is to the broader conservative movement, which has modernized considerably with podcasts and the like. I can understand legacy tech manufacturers lobbying to have AM receivers installed in car. That makes sense. But you’d think that a conservative talk radio lobby would also be lobbying Congress to require new cars to have WiFi or 5G receivers.

    To me, it seems if lobbyists proposed this legislation then they probably made some salient points about public safety, to the chagrin of auto manufacturers. Yes, sports and conservative AM talk radio would be the main benefactors of this bill. But it reads less like a clever conspiracy to inject conservativism into everyone’s cars and more like regular ass law that keeps an associated dying industry alive for a while longer.


  • Guess everything was better when every woman was barefoot and pregnant, right?

    But seriously, what the hell is this analysis? Women have always been a part of the labor and productive forces. Do you think women existed solely in a state of domesticity before fighting for the right to vote in the US? This entire argument rests on the notion that capital is the driver of social change. I guess you might not know that people can react to their material conditions just as much as capitalists can react to people. Like there’s some kind of…oh I don’t know, a dialectical relationship between these forces.






  • FishLake@lemmygrad.mltochat@hexbear.net•*Permanently Deleted*
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    1 month ago

    This is the most opportune time to spit theory at him. Make a concerted effort and think critically what’s going to get through to him. I’ve had too many friends on the brink of socialism go back to liberalism or even (in the case of one friend) fall head over heels in fascism. Without some kind of scientific/theoretical basis, radicalization just vibes. And don’t forget to model self-critique for them.